Zhongdu (中都; 'Central capital') was the capital of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) of China, located in modern-day Beijing, specifically in southwestern part...
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Zhongdu is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese characters 中都, meaning "Central Capital". It may refer to: Zhongdu, the capital of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty...
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Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty (redirect from Battle of Zhongdu)
Jinzhong were left to guard Zhongdu. At this point, one of the Jin armies defected to the Mongols and launched an attack on Zhongdu from the south, taking...
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Wade–Giles: Nan-ching Zhongdu: During the 12th-century Later Jin dynasty, it was known as Zhongdu. Chinese: 中都; pinyin: Zhōngdū; lit. 'Central Capital'...
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lasted for four years and ended in 1215 with the capture of the Jin capital Zhongdu. His general Jebe annexed the Central Asian state of Qara Khitai in 1218...
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Zhongdu Wetlands Park (traditional Chinese: 中都濕地公園; simplified Chinese: 中都湿地公园; pinyin: Zhōngdū Shīdì Gōngyuán) is a wetland in Zhongdu Region, Sanmin...
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China. In 1153, the Jurchen Jin made Beijing their "Central Capital", or Zhongdu. The city was besieged by Genghis Khan's invading Mongolian army in 1213...
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throughout the area after the Mongol capture of the Jurchen Jin capital of Zhongdu (near modern Beijing) in 1215. Under the Mongol-Yuan regime, Beijing had...
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of court officials and a new palace city built at Dadu and Zhongdu (the ruins of Zhongdu in Zhangbei County can be seen until today). In 1308 the Goryeo...
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History of Beijing (section Jin Zhongdu)
340,000 in the surrounding region to 1.6 million). Genghis Khan at Zhongdu Zhongdu served as the Jin capital for more than 60 years, until the onslaught...
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northwest of the Juyong Pass, which was the gateway towards the Jin capital of Zhongdu (中都, lit. "central capital"; present-day Beijing); it was also at the plain...
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China before Kublai moved his throne to the former Jin dynasty capital of Zhōngdū (Chinese: 中都; lit. 'Middle Capital') which was renamed Khanbaliq (present-day...
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missionary to China Rabban Bar Sauma, Uyghur Nestorian Christian monk from Zhongdu (Khanbaliq, modern Beijing) who led a Mongol diplomatic mission to medieval...
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and besieged Zhongdu, the capital of the Jin, in 1213. The Mongols were not able to penetrate the walls of the city in the Battle of Zhongdu, but intimidated...
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Jin "eastern capital", and in 1213 they besieged the "central capital", Zhongdu (present-day Beijing). In 1214 the Jin made a humiliating treaty but retained...
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Temür in Ongghuchad (Onggachatu), where Tugh Temur had built the city of Zhongdu. He suddenly died only 4 days after a banquet with Tugh Temür. The Yuan...
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to Genghis Khan in exchange for his relieving of the Mongol siege upon Zhongdu (Beijing) in the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty. Broadbridge 2018,...
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Khanbaliq in 1264, constructing a new city near the former Jurchen capital Zhongdu, now modern Beijing, in 1266. In 1271, Kublai formally claimed the Mandate...
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North China. After Emperor Xuanzong fled south to Kaifeng, the city of Zhongdu fell to the Mongols after a long siege on 31 May 1215. Although the city...
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It was actually in use among the Turks and Mongols before the fall of Zhongdu, in reference to the Jin emperors of Manchuria. It is traditionally written...
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the majority of the Khitan Yelu Tuhua's army, while Juyin soldiers from Zhongdu made up Chalaer's army and Khitan made up Uyar's army. Chalaer, Yelu Tuhua...
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the capital, Zhongdu (中都; present-day Xicheng and Fengtai districts of Beijing). In the ninth month, Wanyan Congjia returned to Zhongdu and was crowned...
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Mongol leader Genghis Khan in exchange for relieving the Mongol siege upon Zhongdu (Beijing) in the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty. The Yuan grouped people...
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of Gaoliang River (979), between the Liao and Song dynasties Battle of Zhongdu (1215), between the Mongols and the Jurchen Jin dynasty Battle of Dadu...
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According to the Yuanshi, Ögedei Khan twice ordered the armillary sphere of Zhongdu to be repaired (in 1233 and 1236) and also ordered in 1234 the revision...
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central capital, Zhongdu (中都; present-day Xicheng and Fengtai districts of Beijing), but were forced to retreat because of Zhongdu's strong defences....
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the southern gate of Zhongdu's imperial city, and renamed Xuanyangmen. China portal History portal History of Beijing Youzhou Zhongdu Khanbaliq Until the...
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Jin, Zhao China c. 1080 BC Beijing (as Ji, Youzhou, Fanyang, Yanjing, Zhongdu, Dadu) Ji, Yan China c. 1045 BC Paleolithic Homo sapiens lived in the...
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of itself). They were used by the Jin dynasty in China at the Battle of Zhongdu to slow down the advance of Genghis Khan's army; Joan of Arc was wounded...
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There are older Taiye Lakes in Beijing, too. In 1151, Beijing (known as Zhongdu) became the capital city of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty. The emperor Wanyan...
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